Unseconded Áras Attracta debate amendment
Senator Moran protests that no one seconded her amendment seeking a Health Minister debate and independent inquiry into residential care standards, while the Chair rules her repeated objections out of order.
On a point of order, I want to express my disappointment that nobody would second the amendment to have people in for this debate.
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I find it abhorrent that nobody would second the amendment-----
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-----that would have allowed a debate on the cruelty and inhumanity that went on last night.
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No. I find that abhorrent. We are all great at coming in here and making our points but when it comes to actually putting one's money where one's mouth is-----
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-----nobody would second the amendment. That debate should go ahead today if we are worth anything in this House.
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Not with the Minister for Health present.
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We could not second it. The Senator's own colleagues did not second it.
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You give out about everything but you would not even support a non-political amendment such as that. It is appalling.
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We had spoken already and the Senator's own colleagues were up next.
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Her own colleagues did not second it. We could not. We had spoken already.